Last updated on Thursday September 7, 2000
Odyssey
Online's Ancient Egypt web site - EXCELLENT! Includes a map
(complete with pronunciations!), and pages on People
(including a link to "Find
the Pharaoh's Fragment" game), Mythology
(including the "Amulet
Matching Game"), Daily
Life (including "The
Lotus Game"), Death
and Burial (including the "Read
the CT Scan Game"), Writing
(including "The
Papyrus Puzzler Game"), Archeology
Ancient
Egypt Web Connection - LOTS of links to various student-produced and
professional sites
Burial
of Tutankhamun Web Quest
Ancient
Egypt Web Quest -
Ancient
Egypt Junior Web Quest
Ancient
Egypt site created by two 4th graders with excellent material! Pages
include: Daily life, Geography, Pharaohs, Mummification, Pyramids & Sphinx,
Gods and Goddesses, & General Links
The
Tomb of the Chihuahua Pharaohs - a humorous site for both teachers and
students with information and activities. Font!
Buttons, Backgrounds
and Bars for web pages!
Tour Egypt - Egyptian Ministry of Tourism's site
"Questions
and Answers" Links:
The
Land of the River - Why is the Nile so important to the people of Egypt?
Life
by the Nile - What was life like in Egypt 3,000 years ago?
Daily
Life - What was daily life like in Ancient Egypt?
Clothing
- What did they wear?
The
Ancient Egyptian Religion - What was the basis of all life for the Egyptians?
Ancient
Egyptian Gods - Why were there so many animal deities?
Hieroglyphics
and Writing - Who invented the first form of paper?
Death
and Burial Customs - Where did the Egyptians believe they went when
they died?
Mummification
- Why was preservation so important?
Mummies
- Why did they make mummies... and HOW?
Shabtis
- What are shabtis... and how do you pronounce it?
Mastabas
- What is a mastaba... and how do you pronounce it?
The
Pyramids and the Sphinx - What was Napoleon doing in Egypt?
The
Woman who was King - Who was the first female Pharaoh?
Famous
Kings and Queens - So who was who in this vast civilization?
Virtual
Mummy - What's inside a mummy? Click and find out!
Web
Links to Images:
Links
to GIF images of the deities:
Anubis, Hathor, Horus, Isis, Maat, Osiris, Ra, Set, Sobek, Thoth
Gods and Goddesses Clip
Art
The
Egyptian Exhibit at the Cairo Museum - many images of jewelry, sculptures...
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston's
Egyptian exhibit - Explore
Ancient Egypt (with video overview of the collection!), Pharaohs
of the Sun (with great introduction movie!), Collection
Highlights
New York Metropolitan
Museum of Art Collection -
Royalty
Web Links
Short
descriptions of and some images of these:
Pharaohs:
Ankhenaton, Ramses II, Seti I, Thutmose I, King Thutmose III, Imonhotep,
Djoser, Tutankhamen
Queens~
Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Hatshepsut
Online
Egyptian Word Search
Archaeological
Digs/Sites:
The
Tomb of Senneferi dig (with links to QTVR movies)
Ancient Egyptian
Monuments - This site has photos, easy-to-understand information, and
a tie-in with the Sphinx. After each paragraph is a link to a Real Audio
file that actually reads the paragraph to you!
Nova's Pyramids site
- with QTVRs and the inside story!
Language
Arts Links/Activities:
The
Cult of the Cat - an online story with beautiful illustrations which
begins in ancient Egypt and ends in present day California. (Great background
image on page also!)
How
the Egyptians Made Mummies Mad Lib - fill in the text fields and create
a silly story!
The Curse of the
Pharaoh Mad Lib - fill in the text fields and create a silly story!
Student
Created Egyptian Dictionaries
Send an Ancient
Egypt Cybercard
Personal
Pyramid - Students construct a 3-dimensional paper pyramid, cover the
inside walls with pictures representing their lives, and write an autobiography.
Your
Own Book - After reading a story set in ancient Egypt, students write,
illustrate a story and construct their own books.
Writing
with Hieroglyphs - another great page by the Chihuahua Pharaohs with
a helpful chart of this phonetic language.
Activities:
The Fruity Pharaohs
- A hands-on mummification simulation where kids create mummies by following
ancient Egyptian embalming customs as closely as possible.
Egyptian
Profile Portraits
Scarab
Paper Weights. Sand Art. Hieroglyphic Papyrus Art. Sarcophagus Drawing
How
to Draw Like an Egyptian
Nine
Men's Morris - learn how to play at this student-created page
Play Mummified,
The Match Game - by Discovery Online
Design
and Make an Ancient Egyptian Box -
Wall
Relief Plaque - use plaster poured into a shallow pan to carve your
own Egyptian tomb
Canopic
Jars - use plastic squeeze bottles and gauze wrap to create your own
canopic jars
Personal
Cartouche - after studying hieroglyphs students carve or mold their
names phonetically in hieroglyph plaques
Equation
Quilt - after studying ancient Egyptian numbers students cut numbers
out of fabric to make a quilt pattern.
Egyptian
Cubit Stick - students make a 21" cubit measuring stick, subdivided
into digits and palms to measure and record objects in the classroom Ancient
Egyptian Number Symbols Chart
Egypt
Weather Journals - use the Internet to track temperature in Cairo, Egypt
to understand how weather conditions affect lifestyles. Convert centigrade
to Fahrenheit measurements.
How
Old is Old? - students use decimeter squares to measure their lifespans
and create a metric-based time line going back to ancient Egypt
Egyptian
Market Day - students make products based on ancient Egyptian objects
and trade them with each other in a market place setting
Color Me Egypt -
Download an ancient Egyptian coloring book and more!
Egyptian
Coloring Book - download and print out excellent line art drawings from
the Cleveland Museum of Art
Egyptian Recipes
Build
a Paper Model of a Pharaoh's Death Mask - print out patterns and assemble
Teacher Ideas:
People
ideas from Odyssey Online!
Daily
Life ideas from Odyssey Online
Death
and Burial ideas from Odyssey Online
Writing
ideas from Odyssey Online
Archaeology
ideas from Odyssey Online
Ancient Egypt
Bingo Test Review Game & Unit Test
Ancient
Egypt - Web-based curriculum resources which can be used to supplement
and extend the grade 6 unit on Ancient Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush. (from
Oakland California) EXCELLENT resource!!!
Ancient
Egypt Lesson Plans and Activities from the Detroit Institute of Art
Planning
Guide for Ancient Egypt by Mary Crawford and Glenda Woodburn for 6th
grade
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